Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 11/18/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4613
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4613 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Access to Religious Ministry Act of 2008.
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6 | Section 5. The County Jail Act is amended by adding Section | ||||||
7 | 26 as follows: | ||||||
8 | (730 ILCS 125/26 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 26. Detainees in immigration custody; religious | ||||||
10 | worker access to jails. | ||||||
11 | (a) Any county jail in the State of Illinois for which an | ||||||
12 | intergovernmental agreement has been entered into with United | ||||||
13 | States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for detention | ||||||
14 | of immigration-related detainees shall be required to provide | ||||||
15 | to religious workers reasonable access to such jail. Such |
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1 | access shall be consistent with the safety, security, and the | ||||||
2 | orderly operation of the facility. | ||||||
3 | (b) For purposes of this Section, "reasonable access" means | ||||||
4 | the ability of the religious worker to enter the jail facility | ||||||
5 | to be available to meet with immigration detainees who wish to | ||||||
6 | consult with the religious worker regarding their spiritual | ||||||
7 | needs. Such access shall be at times set by the sheriff or his | ||||||
8 | or her designee. The facility shall provide advance notice to | ||||||
9 | the immigration detainees of the times during which religious | ||||||
10 | workers shall be available for consultation under this Section, | ||||||
11 | and shall not limit the access of detainees to such religious | ||||||
12 | workers without good cause. Consultations with religious | ||||||
13 | workers under this Section shall not be counted against the | ||||||
14 | visitation time or number of visits to which a detainee is | ||||||
15 | otherwise entitled under the facility's visitation policies. | ||||||
16 | (c) The sheriff or his or her designee shall have the right | ||||||
17 | to screen and approve individuals seeking access to immigration | ||||||
18 | detainees at the facility under this Act.
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19 | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||||||
20 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.".
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